Alfredo Carpineti

3 days ago | iflscience.com | Alfredo Carpineti |Holly Large

Testing Einstein’s relativity, measuring fundamental constants, and even searching for dark matter are all on the cards thanks to this system. Dr. Alfredo CarpinetiAlfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces. Senior Staff Writer & Space CorrespondentEditedbyHolly LargeHolly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible.

5 days ago | iflscience.com | Alfredo Carpineti |Katy Evans

For the first time, the existence of a lone black hole with no star orbiting it has been confirmed. Dr. Alfredo CarpinetiAlfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces. Senior Staff Writer & Space CorrespondentEditedbyKaty EvansKaty is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. An exaggerated warping of the center of the Milky Way.

6 days ago | iflscience.com | Alfredo Carpineti |Katy Evans

Although this year is unlikely to end up in a meteor storm, you should still get around 20 an hour. Dr. Alfredo CarpinetiAlfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces. Senior Staff Writer & Space CorrespondentEditedbyKaty EvansKaty is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some.

1 week ago | iflscience.com | Alfredo Carpineti |Katy Evans

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This configuration has been deemed theoretically possible, but actually seeing evidence for a planet orbiting like that is a whole other affair. It is a really exciting thing to be a part of finding evidence of various different kinds of solar systems in weird, wacky configurations.

1 week ago | iflscience.com | Alfredo Carpineti |Maddy Chapman

Axions have some very specific properties in how they interact with other particles and even light. Dark matter is a bit of a misnomer because it should be invisible matter, since we cannot see it. However, axions have an extremely weak but specific interaction with light, which can potentially be used to find them. We've discovered something that's actually axion-like, which has never been done before.